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Screenshot guides

Capturing a screen is the easy part. These guides cover everything after: sizing, annotation, redaction, and the finishing steps that make a screenshot publishable.

A plain screenshot transformed into a framed, padded visual on a soft backgroundHow to make screenshots look professionalPadding, backgrounds, framing, and sizing — the exact finishing steps that turn a raw screen capture into a visual you can publish anywhere.A grid of frames representing social media image sizes at different aspect ratiosScreenshot sizes for social mediaThe exact pixel sizes that keep screenshots sharp on X, LinkedIn, Open Graph previews, and the Chrome Web Store — plus why 2× export matters.A screenshot with a solid redaction bar and a pixelated region covering private dataHow to redact sensitive information in screenshotsEmails, API keys, and customer data leak through screenshots every day. When to use a solid bar, when to pixelate, and why blur can be reversed.A screenshot annotated with a curved arrow, a spotlight highlight, and numbered step badgesHow to annotate screenshotsArrows that point cleanly, highlights that focus attention, and numbered steps that guide a reader — annotation patterns that clarify instead of clutter.A tall webpage captured end to end, shown as a long stitched frameHow to take a full-page screenshot in ChromeThree ways to capture an entire scrolling page in Chrome — built-in DevTools, keyboard tricks, and extensions — and how to keep the result sharp.Four framed tiles representing different Chrome screenshot extensions side by sideThe best Chrome screenshot extensions, comparedGoFullPage, Awesome Screenshot, Lightshot, and ReadyStill compared by capture quality, editing depth, privacy, and price — with honest recommendations.